Jeanskynebu the audience applauded

Manthast Absolutely amazing

Jemima It's a movie as timely as it is provocative and amazingly, for much of its running time, it is weirdly funny.

Allissa .Like the great film, it's made with a great deal of visible affection both in front of and behind the camera.

RealChristian14 CHiPs is back in a TV reunion movie entitled "CHiPs '99". It stars Larry Wilcox and Erik Estrada who reprises their role as the well-known California Highway Patrolmen Jon Baker and Erik Estrada respectively.In it,we get updated with the development of what has happened to Jon and Erik with the former getting promoted as a Captain of the CHP and the latter getting back after a 15-year absence from the CHP to help solve a carjacking syndicate that has been happening in the Southern California freeways.Aside from Ponch and Jon,we also get to witness updates on the other characters such as Getraer,Bruce Nelson, Grossman and Baricza and meet new characters such as Sandy,Roulette and Sergeant.What is good about it is that we are presented to an updated episode of CHiPs had been it shown during the 90's of that being a fun and non-violent cop show wherein the most violent it could actually get it pointing a gun to a criminal.If that was its objective,then I say that this TV movie did succeed.But if it tried to get back on air through this TV movie,then there are a lot of reasons why it wasn't successful.First,it was the '90s.The actors have aged especially Estrada who has gained a lot of weight and has shown a lot of white hair.Estrada's sex appeal was badly needed in the show.Added to that,a mature Ponch would definitely not appeal to the TV viewers considering that his ego is what was needed and made the show successful back in the day when the show was on air.While the wacky ideas that Ponch would suggest remains relevant,this was not what people remember him most for it was only the first season of CHiPs when he was presented as a weak CHP officer and that is why he is needed to be a Jon as a partner.Most CHiPs fans remember him for that macho gigolo that most of the female Californians would want to sleep with.Another reason is that reformation of the show was somewhat "half- cooked".The new characters such as Jon's wife Sandy was underwritten and so was the new CHP officers Roulette and Sergeant.The rivalry between Roulette and Ponch provided a good start but the former's character is just underwritten as well which makes it half as interesting.Finally,Jon takes a lot of the screen time in the story.Admittedly,Wilcox is a big part of the show.When he was replaced by Tom Reilly,the show fell apart and it got cancelled.Wilcox and Estrada have great chemistry with the former being stoic and the latter being charismatic.Saying this,it would have been better if Ponch was captured and was the cop who got entangled with Monica on top of the bus being the charismatic character.It would have had a funnier and more interesting conclusion.But nevertheless,it was nice to see CHiPs in this TV movie for one last time for I know that the reruns of its episode at MeTV remain popular at present after being out of the air for three decades and after this TV movie was last shown almost two decades ago.No question that CHiPs remain popular after all these years.

jlpicard I just kind of ran into this movie one morning -- I'm a big cynic, and was never a big CHiPs fan, either -- but I found this movie quite engaging. It doesn't take itself too seriously and it's just plain fun.

Ramar Only 2 things didn't make since....Jon as Captain on morning roll call, isn't this a sgt. job? Grossman as detective he should be a square badge at KMart.

cherylaw Finally, the long-awaited CHiPs '99 movie!! Special thanks to TNT for making all CHiPs fans' dreams come true. We get to see all of our favorites (except Harlan and Bonnie) return to the screen and update us on what has been happening in their lives over the past 15 years!The movie is fabulous--the cool 70's style that first caught my attention, somewhat somewhat to the 90's. It is interesting to see both how the CHP has changed and how the characters (most especially Ponch and Jon) have changed. Yes, there are parts that were very unbelievable, but then again, this is CHiPs, and it only adds to the fun. It's also great to see that it's still possible to produce quality TV today that isn't too profanity-filled/etc. for family viewing. My favorite scene was a much-publicized one in which Jon (Larry Wilcox) really really does his own stuntwork on top of a moving bus--quite impressive!My only regret is that while we see a lot of Getraer, we don't see much use made of Baricza, Grossman, and Bruce Nelson...their appearances seem almost like cameos. The two new officers (Roulette & McFall) never quite catch my interest, either...they seem like exaggerations of the most distinctive characteristics of Ponch & Jon (really brash & really nice).A must-see if you watched CHiPs between 1977-83...pay special attention to the explanation (or lack thereof) of Jon's return to the force (since he wasn't around during the 1982-83 season) and how the writers handle the fact that 2 of Ponch's former partners are hanging around in the movie. Definitely worth the wait!